How universal are universal preschool health checks? An observational study using routine data from New Zealand's B4 School Check.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to estimate how many children were attending a universal preschool health screen and to identify characteristics associated with non-participation.

Design

Analysis of population-level linked administrative data.

Participants

Children were considered eligible for a B4 School Check for a given year if:(1) they were ever resident in New Zealand (NZ),(2) lived in NZ for at least 6 months during the reference year, (3) were alive at the end of the reference year, (4) either appeared in any hospital (including emergency) admissions, community pharmaceutical dispensing or general practitioner enrolment datasets during the reference year or (5) had a registered birth in NZ. We analysed 252 273 records over 4 years, from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2015.

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SUBMITTER: Gibb S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6500230 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature